Scarlet Letter

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Abate

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(V.) to reduce in intensity or amount

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Abase

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(V.) to degrade, to humiliate

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Abstruse

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(Adj.) difficult to understand, complex, concealed

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Acuity

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(N.) sharpness of perception

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Affinity

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(N.) a natural relationship, a likeness, a kinship

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Alacrity

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(N.) prompt and cheerful response

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Amenable

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(Adj) open or willing to follow advice or suggestion, malleable

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Antipathy

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(N.) a dislike or distaste

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Append

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(V.) to add in a supplementary manner

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Arduous

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(Adj.) very difficult to accomplish or achieve; very demanding (task)

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Ascetic

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(Adj.) absent of luxury or indulgence, often for religious reasons

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Audacity

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(N.) excessive boldness, rashness, daring

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Augury

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(N.) an omen or prophesy

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Auspicious

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(Adj.) favorable

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Austere

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(Adj.) strict; stern; unadorned

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Benevolence

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(N.) kindness, generosity, charity

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Blighted

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(Adj.) destroyed or caused by decline or decay

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Calamity

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(N) a serious event causing distress or misfortune

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Capricious

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(Adj) changing suddenly; fickle

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Consecrate

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(V) to dedicate or declare sacred

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Decorum

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(N) appropriate conduct; correct and proper behavior

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Deleterious

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(Adj) harmful; dangerous

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Depravity

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(N) moral corruption; a wicked or perverse act

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Derision

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(N) mockery; ridicule; scoffing at

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Despondency

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(N) depression; dejection

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Despotic

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(Adj) ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical

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Duplicity

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(N) double-dealing; hypocrisy

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Effervescent

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(Adj) showing high spirits

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Endow

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(V) to provide with income or property, to supply with a talent or quality

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Enmity

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(N) absolute hatred

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Entreaty

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(N) a plea; an earnest request

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Erudite

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(Adj) scholarly; showing great knowledge or learning

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Esoteric

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(Adj) understood only by a small group or select few

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Estrange

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(V) to alienate; to separate

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Ethereal

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(Adj) heavenly; unusually delicate; light; lacking material substance

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Eulogy

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(N) praise or tribute

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Expiate

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(V) to atone or make amends for a sin or crime

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Extant

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(Adj) still in existence

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Fervent

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(Adj) showing great emotion; impassioned; ardent

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Florid

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(Adj) flowery; flushed with color

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Forbearance

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(N) patience; lenience

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Foreboding

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(N) premonition of evil; an ominous omen

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Furrow

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(V) to make wrinkles or grooves

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Gaunt

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(Adj) very thin; emaciated

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Gentility

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(Adj) state of refinement; member of the upper class or gentry

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Gratuitous

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(Adj) given freely; unwarranted

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Grievous

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(Adj) characterized by severe suffering or sorrow; serious or grave

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Ignominy

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(N) disgraceful or dishonorable conduct

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Imbibe

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(V) to absorb or drink

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Imperious

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(Adj) extremely overbearing

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Implicit

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(Adj) understood but not directly expressed

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Impugn

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(V) to assail or to attack ones honor or integrity

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Impute

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(V) to blame or charge

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Inauspicious

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(Adj) unfavorable

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Incantation

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(N) a spell, written or recited by formula of words designed for a particular effect

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Incongruity

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(N) nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

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Undefatigable

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Tireless, incapable of being fatigue

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Inextricable

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(Ask) not able to be disentangled

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Infamous

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(Adj) having a reputation is the worst kind; vicious, notoriously bad

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Inopportune

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(Adj) inconvenient; poorly timed